Following: Shaw, J.M.H., Edwards, D & David, J (2022) A new spontaneous hybrid in Gunnera subgenus Pamke (Gunneraceae) widespread in the British Isles, with notes on the typification of G. manicata. British & Irish Botany 4(3): 364-384
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Gunnera manicata Linden
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1968-12-14 (Verbatim: 14/12/1968)
Preferred name:
Gunnera manicata Linden ex André
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Ilam, Christchurch. E. Stead's Garden
Verbatim locality:
Ilam, Christchurch. E. Stead's Garden
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14/12/1968
Start date:
1968-12-14
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Streamside
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb with very thick elongated rhizomes. Scales with transparent, membraneous "webbing". Leaves very large; 2-3 metres tall, Lamina palmate to deeply cordate. Inflorescences to c. 1 metre long; green.